Virtuo introduced the appointment of Nina Holmes as the corporate’s new chief working officer on Oct. 31. She’s going to lead on operations, the growth technique of Virtuo, and the dimensions up of the French Tech 120. 

Karim Kaddoura and Thibault Chassagne, co-founders of Virtuo, mentioned this recruitment reaffirms the corporate’s ambition to “revolutionize mobility and the automotive rental market by inserting clients on the coronary heart of their sustainability-focused technique.” Holmes’ expertise will allow the corporate to consolidate its high quality of service on a bigger scale whereas rising past the six nations it presently operates in. Virtuo has dedicated to creating 50% of its fleet electrical by 2025.

“The growth of cities and speedy city progress is a problem for us all,” Holmes mentioned. “Our goal is to reinvent automotive rental as we all know it and supply clients with a sustainable different that meets the wants of the trendy shopper. We need to present a service that permits customers to be free from the burden of automotive possession. I’m excited for the problem of turning this imaginative and prescient into actuality alongside Karim, Thibault, the whole Virtuo workforce.” 

Holmes holds a level in improvement and African affairs from the College of London and a masters within the division of worldwide improvement from the College of Oxford. She first developed her expertise in operations administration at Jumia as director of Jumia Meals Operations after which common supervisor of Jumia On Demand Providers for Africa. She later joined Amazon after which Zapp, a shopper product supply scale-up the place her obligations had been for the provision chain component of the enterprise.

“We’re delighted to welcome Nina to Virtuo,” mentioned Kaddoura and Chassagne. “Our ambition is to broaden into new European and world markets. Nina’s experience on this space shall be important in securing our aim of being the benchmark for on-demand automobiles in France and throughout Europe.”